Daily Republican., 1887-12-09
Like Phoeni, From lbs A shes

The confectionery establishment of the
Barkley Brothers Company, At Fourth
and French streets, which was burned
out lew months ago, has, like Phoenix,
risen froLa its ashes, and 10 now without q
peer Ia the confectionery and baking
business this side Of PhilSdelphia. Be-
fore the fre the building WAS but three
stories In height, but now q mausard roof
gives another story on the fourth door.
This room, which is large and well light
ed, is used tor the manufacture of stick
candies, candy toys and other goods In
that line The third floor is used for the
manufacture OF cream bon bons, gum
drops, lozenges and other toothsome
sweetmeats. There Is no Are USED in
this department, all the work being
cooked by steam, for which the most i'm
proved appliances have been introduced.
One extra large pan is used for cooking
cream work, gum drops aud syrup for
crystalizing. Another, with an automat-
lc stirring apparatus, Is for cooking jap
snese work, ig and frui. pastes, and does
lis work as though endowed with human
Intelligence.
There is also machinery in the room
for cutting caramels, Japsnsese work,
fg and other pastes, cOcoanut graters,
and In fact every kind of labor.saviug ap-
paratus that can be devised. There are
four dry rooms, one of which Is used tor
fruit and ig pastes, second for gum
, work, third for lozenges, and the fourth
for crystalizing. On the second floor Is q
sample room, In which wholesale custo
, mers can see and examine the different
goods made or handled by the firm Ad
joining this Ia the mixture room, wher'
the goods are mixed aud the difieren
grades OF mixtures IN ide. These cousis
OF the "American," "Ameriean Fine
, American Extra and "French Mix
. tures," which are packed In buckets o
! boxes as required. The packing room
!, for cakes is also on this floor, and as fas
. . as the crackers, cakes and soda biscui
= come up from the bakery, they are place
!, in arge bins, on tables fitted with castor
. SO as to be movable. and packed accord
ing to the demand. The Office is on th
A French street side Of this room. and cor
= sists OF two communicating rooms, NIGEL
70 furnished and fitted with every conven
:, ience Tor the transaction OF business
!. There Is a store room next To the once
y In which the navors aud other thing
20 used In the business are kept and give
- out as needed The store itself is on u
~ tirst floor, and while the front part is d.
NOIeu t9 JIlt TtIh tuC sSdi ID u'N
" eI lusively for the wholesale busines
;, which is large and constantly increasini
y, The bake-house on the same floor as Il
~ store is fitted with the latest improve
CT ovens, and all kinds OF machinery f
Y" making Trenton crackers, mic uacks, al
In fact every description of cake. Powt
tor running the machinery is supplied
" u tWenty-hors power engine situated
lr- the Fnurth etreet side of the bake-hOus
ei The boilers are in the cellar, and are titt
81 with new improvement, by which t
81 exhaust steam Is driven through the va
i'' number of feet Of pipes lifted in the bull
ing, and uti lied for neatiAg the dryroou
~ work rooms and office, after which II
ue returned to the boilers. There are 10
vaults under th; sidewalk two OF whi
~ are used for storing lard, molasses a
no other things requiring low temperatu
and the others lor stock vaults.
nu There are two elevators, which n
no from the cellar To the fourth story, one
70 which is operated by steam power, wh
~ the other works automatically. Ea
uis room is connected with the store
M speaking tubes, and the entire establi'
Ss' meut throughout is one OF the most ca
plete of the kind in this country.
"a. large force of hands are employed, aud
present re- working day and night To
~ the orders W hich are constantly pour
'io In from al parts of the Peninsula.
GO, the ra " material used by this firm Il
.nk the best that can be procured, and ad
eno teratious OF all kinds are escheWed, WI
'as harmless vegel able colors are used
no make the bonbons and other confectl
us as pleasing to the eye, as they are agr
able TO the palate.